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Efficacy of cyclophosphamide combined with prednisolone in patients with AA amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Dec 2003
Nakamura Tadashi, Yamamura Yuji, Tomoda Kunihiko, Tsukano Michishi, Shono Masahiro, Baba Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
Secondary amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is an uncommon yet important complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is one of the most relentless of the extra-articular features of RA, and suitable treatments have not yet been found. We studied the efficacy of cyclophosphamide (CYC) combined with prednisolone (PSL) in amyloidotic patients who had serum amyloid A (SAA) 1.3 genotype, which is a risk factor for...
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